H-1B Filings
116
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Professional & Technical Services IL DOL H-1B
UChicago Argonne LLC: H-1B Sponsorship Profile
UChicago Argonne LLC in IL (Professional & Technical Services) is dominated by DOL H-1B labor-condition applications (116 on file) at a $96,219 disclosed median; OSHA and WARN tracks are empty here.
UChicago Argonne LLC (IL): · 116 H-1B LCAs at a $96,219 disclosed median
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, UChicago Argonne LLC in IL carries 116 H-1B wage filings on record, a $96,219 median wage across 72 disclosed-wage positions (below the $124,488 national median) and no WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 116 H-1B LCAs
- $96,219 median wage
The record at a glance
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #396 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 25th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 99th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 25th pct
- median wage rank
- 14%
- cleaner WARN history than
Figures above come from DOL H-1B labor condition applications only, OSHA and WARN tracks are empty on this profile.
F
Federal workforce composite
38/100
3 of 4 federal tracks · UChicago Argonne LLC
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Sponsorship scale A+
116 H-1B LCAs
#396 of 51,370 sponsors · 99th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay F
$96,219 median
25th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety N/A
No OSHA record
No employer-specific OSHA ITA injury log; weight redistributes (industry estimates never pad this dim).
Layoff stability F
0 WARN notices
Cleaner WARN history than 14% of 304,376 tracked employers (state workforce agencies)
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
DOL LCA release change
What changed between the two LCA fiscal years
- UChicago Argonne LLC's disclosed H-1B petition count rose from 39 in FY2024 to 45 in FY2025 (+15.4%).
Median H-1B Salary
$96,219
Below national median. Across 72 disclosed positions
Where UChicago Argonne LLC's H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$96,219 Top 75% higher than 25% of 272,125 US employers
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Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
UChicago Argonne LLC's H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+1.6% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
Government Data Summary
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | UChicago Argonne LLC | DOL OFLC |
| Industry | Professional & Technical Services | NAICS / DOL |
| State | IL | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 116 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $96,219 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| Tracks not on file | employer OSHA injury log, WARN notices | Empty by design, not estimated |
UChicago Argonne LLC's values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications on file for this employer in IL (Professional & Technical Services). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #396 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 25th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; WARN history is cleaner than 14% of 304,376 employers tracked here.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Associate Laboratory Director | $282,251 |
| Software Engineer | $157,684 |
| Power Electronics Engineer | $155,000 |
| Principal Materials Scientist | $155,000 |
| Energy Systems Analyst | $155,000 |
| Mechanical Engineer | $152,308 |
| Research Scientist | $132,161 |
| Senior Survey & Alignment Engineer | $130,467 |
| Assistant Beamline Scientist | $126,881 |
| Target Development Research Professional | $126,881 |
| Nuclear Engineer | $125,982 |
| Associate Energy Systems Analyst | $125,982 |
| Associate Research Scientist | $125,982 |
| Senior Scientific Associate | $125,982 |
| Assistant Computer Scientist | $124,443 |
| Computational Scientist | $122,554 |
| Specialist, Research Software Engineering | $122,231 |
| Computational Transportation Engineer | $122,231 |
| Systems Analysis Engineer | $122,231 |
| Materials Engineer | $122,221 |
| Physicist | $121,618 |
| Principal Systems Analysis Engineer | $119,704 |
| Materials Scientist | $110,151 |
| Computational Transportation Engineer | $109,922 |
| Control System Engineer Specialist | $109,922 |
| Principal CAV Research Engineer | $109,922 |
| Principal Research Engineer, Intelligent Vehicle Control | $109,922 |
| Environmental Systems Engineer | $109,512 |
| Assistant Software Engineer | $104,094 |
| Computational Transportation Engineer | $102,586 |
| Computational Scientist | $98,924 |
| Computational Scientist | $98,924 |
| Postdoctoral Appointee | $97,526 |
| Assistant Scientist | $97,448 |
| Research Scientist | $97,178 |
| Energy Systems Analyst | $96,219 |
| Assistant Computational Scientist | $92,279 |
| Assistant Computer Scientist | $91,832 |
| Assistant Computational Mathematician | $90,063 |
| Assistant Structural and Molecular Biologist | $90,063 |
| Building Scientist | $90,063 |
| Computational Scientist | $90,063 |
| Energy Scientist | $90,063 |
| Fuel/Chemical Production Technology Assessment | $90,063 |
| Mechanical Engineer | $90,063 |
| Senior Scientific Associate | $90,063 |
| Systems Analysis Engineer | $90,063 |
| Assistant Scientist | $89,898 |
| Assistant Computational Scientist | $87,699 |
| Assistant Computational Scientist | $84,094 |
What the Data Says About UChicago Argonne LLC
Signature stat: H-1B volume
UChicago Argonne LLC's most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 116 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 99% of sponsors in this corpus (#396 of 51,370).
No OSHA record despite scale
UChicago Argonne LLC sponsors 116 H-1B positions but carries no employer OSHA DART rate here — at this filing volume the gap usually reflects recordkeeping exemptions, not a verified safety judgment.
No WARN filings
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are on file for UChicago Argonne LLC among Professional & Technical Services employers we track.
Below-median disclosed pay
Disclosed pay runs low: $96,219 median trails 75% of wage rows and sits under the $124,488 national median.
Growing LCA footprint
FY2025 added 6 filings versus FY2024 (15.4%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
Where UChicago Argonne LLC sits
This employer among Professional & Technical Services H-1B peers
Across the 199 Professional & Technical Services sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, UChicago Argonne LLC files more petitions than 37% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 11%, the selective, below-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (116 filings · $96,219 median here).
Each muted dot is one professional & technical services peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is UChicago Argonne LLC. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
How UChicago Argonne LLC compares to Professional & Technical Services peers
UChicago Argonne LLC's nearest H-1B-filing peers in Professional & Technical Services (home state IL). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
UChicago Argonne LLC
116 H-1B filings
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP
8,624 H-1B filings
Google LLC
5,397 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for UChicago Argonne LLC, both outside IL so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar H-1B filing volume
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside IL (116 filings here).
- DECOFRUT INC (NJ) · 116 filings
- Lam Research Corporation (CA) · 116 filings
- ARUP Laboratories (UT) · 115 filings
- California Department of Transportation (CA) · 115 filings
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
What to check before working with UChicago Argonne LLC
For UChicago Argonne LLC, start with sponsorship pay (116 H-1B LCAs, median $96,219) and only then layer any other federal silence.
- H-1B median is $96,219 across 72 disclosed-wage positions (of 116 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
UChicago Argonne LLC's figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Read with this employer
- COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP (TX) - 8,624 H-1B filings in the same Professional & Technical Services roster
- Google LLC (CA) - 5,397 H-1B filings in the same Professional & Technical Services roster
- INFOSYS LIMITED (TX) - 5,329 H-1B filings in the same Professional & Technical Services roster
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like UChicago Argonne LLC's when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put UChicago Argonne LLC next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where UChicago Argonne LLC's #396 placement sits in the full federal roster.
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Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from OSHA and the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does UChicago Argonne LLC's H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, UChicago Argonne LLC's disclosed median of $96,219 sits at the 25th percentile (below the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
How does UChicago Argonne LLC's H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
UChicago Argonne LLC has 116 H-1B filings on record, ranking #396 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.